Lincoln, Abraham . Collected works : The Abraham Lincoln Association, Springfield, Illinois.
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To Simon Cameron2


November 2, 1861

November 2, 1861

   I think any officer who has been dismissed on suspicion of disloyalty, but does not go over to the enemy, continuing to protest his loyalty, entitles himself to a hearing, and I hope this case will be enquired into. A. LINCOLN

   Nov. 2, 1861.


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2 Copy, ISLA. Lincoln's endorsement is on a letter from First Lieutenant George T. Balch, November 2, 1861, requesting a court of inquiry for Captain John McNab (see Lincoln to Cameron, August 10, supra).